Method for teeing golf balls and device therefor



Feb. 23, 1937. w. P. PAGETT METHOD FOR TEEING GOLF BALLS AND DEVICETHEREFOR 7 Filed Oct. 3, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Feb. 23, 1937. w. P.PAGETT 2,071,356

METHOD FOR TEEING GOLF BALLS AND DEVICE THEREFOR Filed Oct. :5, 1952 2Sheet s-Sheet 2 l INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Feb. 23, 1937 UNITE STATES METHOD FOR TEEING GOLF BALLS ANDDEVICE THEREFOR,

William Paul Pagett, Denver, Colo.

Application October 3,

16 Claims.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a method forautomatically feeding golf balls, one at a time, from a magazine to atee, and to provide a device whereby my method may be carried out.

A further object of the invention is to provide an automatic golf ballfeeding and teeing device having a magazine which may be filled with agiven number of golf balls, which are released successively andautomatically to a tee as they are driven therefrom.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which may be used on commercial practice golf driving coursesto enable the patron to drive a larger number of balls in a given periodof time, without the loss of time and the inconvenience of teeing up agolf ball for each drive.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter for the use on commercial practice golf driving coursesoperated for profit, whereby the patron may drive a given number ofballs at a fixed price in a shorter period of time, thereby decreasingthe time the patron will occupy the course to drive a given number ofballs, and correspondingly increasing the revenue of the drivingcourses.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which will permit a patron having only limited time forpractice, to

drive a greater number or golf balls, thereby increasing the patronstime of effective practice, Without correspondingly increasing fatigue.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which is easily transported, thereby enabling any individual,who so desires, to carry it about with him to convenient places forpractice.

A further object of this invention is to pro- 40 vide a device of thischaracter which will enable the player to drive a number of golf ballsfrom the tee without changing his stance.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which will relieve players, and particularly women, from theinconvenience or strain of stooping over to tee up a ball before eachdrive.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which may be cheaply manufactured, which is light in weight topermit easy transportation, which is sturdily constructed so as torequire few repairs, and which is entirely automatic in its operation.

Other objects and advantages reside in the detail construction of theinvention, which will 1932, Serial No. 635,983

become more apparent from the following description of a preferred formthereof.

My method consists in delivering golf ball one at a time from a magazineto an associated tee by a sequence of operations, each one of which iscontrolled by the weight of a golf ball, so that each golf ball as itmoves from the magazine to the tee and is driven therefrom, employs itsweight to assist in controlling the operation of the device at a seriesof points.

My device consists of a spiral magazine provided with a magazine triggerlever and a feed trigger lever; a trigger release which is actuated bythe removal of the weight of the golf ball from the tee, and a weighteddelivery trough held normally in an inoperative position and movableabout a pivot to the delivery position by the weight of the golf ball,when it is released by the feed trigger lever and the trigger release.All of this is more fully described below, and illustrated in thedrawings; in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of the device, partially in section, inposition ready for operation.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device, partially in section, havinga portion of the inner vertical cylinder broken away, showing themachine in the position which it assumes when delivering a golf ball tothe tee.

Figure 3 is a view, partially in section, looking vertically downward atthe device, the section being taken on the line 3--3 of Figure 1; and aportion of the teeing lever being broken off.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail fragmentary view, partially in sectiontaken on the line 44 of Figure 2, illustrating the top of the teeing 35lever, the method of securing said teeing lever to the outer verticalcylinder, and showing a fragmentary portion of the outer end of thedelivery trough in the delivery position over the tee.

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmental vertical 40 sectional view of aportion of the machine, taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 3, showing theoperating levers in position immediately after a ball has been releasedfrom the helical passageway to the delivery trough. 45

Figure 6 is a similar view, taken on the line 55 of Figure 3, showingthe operating levers in position after a ball has been released from thehelical passageway and deposited upon the tee.

Figure 7 is a transverse vertical cross sectional view of the teeinglever and its supporting bearing, taken on the line 1'! of Figure 1.

Figure 8 is a view looking vertically downward at the rubber portion ofthe teeing lever, illustrating its construction.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary sectional View of the magazine portion of thedevice, showing a modified type of a spiral, forming a helicalpassageway for golf balls.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, in which like referencecharacters designate corresponding parts through out the several views,the invention in its preferred form is described in detail as follows:

I is a vertical cylinder forming the outer casing of this device,preferably having its edges rolled as shown in the drawings, the bottomrolled edge serving as the base of the device. I! is an inner verticalcylinder having an integral coneshaped cover and adapted to be securedcen trally inside of said vertical cylinder 56, by three or morebrackets l2 cut out of the inner vertical cylinder H, equidistant fromeach other, and bent outwardly and attached to the outer verticalcylinder If] by the nutted bolts it. A descending spiral sheet metalstrip i4 is welded or otherwise attached to the outer surface of theinner vertical cylinder H, with the convolutions spaced an equaldistance from each other, and the outer edge of said spiral strip Mfitting snugly inside the outer vertical cylinder IE. It will be notedthat the arrangement of these parts forms a helical passageway Ma, thedimensions of the various parts being calculated to provide easyclearance to permit golf balls of regulation size to pass longitudinallythrough said passageway Ma. The pitch is to be ample to insure certaindownward rolling of the balls even when they are slightly dented orotherwise injured.

I5 is a delivery trough having one end suspended subjacently at rightangles to the lower end of the spiral M on the hinge bolt l6, journalledin a freely fitting bearing integral with the end of said deliverytrough I5, said hinge bolt [8 being clamped through holes in thesupporting brackets l'l, cut out of the inner vertical cylinder H. Thedelivery trough I 5 is curved abruptly upward through an oblong openingl8, cut out of the vertical cylinder IE], and merging into a straightportion extending to the upper edge of said outer vertical cylinder l5,thence merging into an annular guide is, having a circular opening ofsufficient size to permit a golf ball to freely pass therethrough. Acounterweight 2! serves to hold the trough l5 normally in the positionshown in Figure 1. The inner vertical cylinder H is cut away to providean opening 23, to permit free operation of the counterweight 2!. Theweight of the golf ball when received by the trough i5 when in theposition shown in Figure l, is sufficient to overbalance the weight 22and lower the trough 5 to the position shown in Figure 2.

A teeing lever 24 of novel construction, having a tubular aperture 25vertically through the outer end thereof, forms a golf ball tee, fromwhich balls may be driven. The removal of the rubber to form saidaperture 25 also serves to lighten as well as strengthen the end of theteeing lever, 26 is a pliable rubber portion of the teeing arm, which issquare in section at the fulcrum end, and slightly tapered toward thetee end, thence merging into a circular portion in which the tubularaperture 25 is moulded, to form a golf ball tee, as above described. 27is a stiffer segment of rubber, moulded longitudinally inside of thepliable rubber portion 26 at the fulcrum end, and tapering to a point ashort distance from the tee end thereof. This rubber segment 21 is madeof rubber which has been cured faster than the pliable rubber portion28, such faster curing imparting stiffness to the rubber. A differentrubber compound for the seg ment 2! or any other method of reinforcingthe tee 2 7 may be used, either rubber or other proper material beingemployed for both tee and segment.

E8 is a metal portion of the teeing lever forming a continuation threof, consisting of a metal trough clamped firmly around two sides andthe bottom of the fulcrum end of the rubber portion, and merging into aweighted metal portion tapering toward the end. and bent horizontally atan angle near the end, and having an integral round pin 29 horizontallyat right angles to the angular portion, said round 29 being adapted toreceive the drilled end of a fiat metal lever held in place by a cotterpin 30 inserted through a hole drilled in the end of said round pin 29.The metal portion 28 of said teeing lever 26 is heavier than the rubberportion, which serves to hold the lever normally with the tee endupraised. 3! is a metal supporting bracket attached to the base of theouter vertical cylinder ill by means of screws 32, or by any otherproper means integral therewith, and having vertical drilled to receivethe fulcrum bolt 35, which fits freely in the metal bushing 35, mouldend of the teeing lever 24 near its longitudinal center, thus forming afulcrum bearing for said teeing lever 2 The metal portion 28 of saidteeing lever E l protrudes through the oblong opening !8 in the outerVertical cylinder i9.

is a vertical flat metal coupling rod, coupled to the inner end of theteeing lever 22 over the round pin 29, which passes through a holedrilled in the lower end of the rod 36, and held in place by the cotterpin 36. The opposite end of rod 36 is operatively coupled by a ball andsocket or other proper connection to the end of the curved flat metallever 3?, which is pivotally mounted at its opposite end, and hasintegral right angle segments 31d and Sic in the nature of camsprojecting outwardly from said pivotal end. 33 is a pivctally mountedflat metal jointed lever adapted to be operated by the adjacent rightangle segment El a of lever the upper jointed portion of lever 38, beingoperatively coupled by ball and socket or other proper connection to theflat metal feed trigger lever 49, which is pivotally mount-ed at oneend, and curves upward at the other end. 65 is a pivotally mounted flatmetal jointed lever adapted to be operated by the adjacent right anglesegm nt 3T0 of the lever 33-, the upper jointed portion 5-2 of the leverll being operatively coupled by ball and socket or other properconnection to the flat metal magazine trigger lever which is pivotallymounted at one end and curves upward at the other end. All of said partsEl, 38, 33, All, 2 and are secured between the flat metal plates and bythe bolts passing through holes in plates and 55, said bolts forming thepivotal mountings of the levers. The plate 2 1 is provided with anintegral support 61 welded or otherwise attached, or by other propermeans made integral with the inner cylinder H, while the plate 35 isprovided with an integral support 5-8 resting against, but not attachedto the outer cylinder 9, and forming a continuation of the outlet end ofthe spiral strip it. The trigger levers and in their upward positionprotrude through the opening 39, which has been ed horizontally edgewiseinto the fulcrum formed between the plates 44 and l"; and into h licalpassageway l lo.

, i e 9 illustrates a fragmental view partially ction of a modified formof the magazine for b'a -s, similar in construction to the preferred m,but having wire spiral E3 substituted for he spiral i i, said wirespiral 59 being suspended between and substantially equidistant from theinner vertical cylinder ii and outer vertical cylinder ill by lugs 5i,and welded or otherwise attached at one end to said spiral wire 59, andalternately attached at the opposite end to inner cylinder ll outercylinder Hi, respectively.

operation of the device is as follows: The helical passageway i l-a isfilled with a given number of golf balls, usually fifty, which are heldin said helical passageway Ma by the magazine tri ger lever isprotruding through the slotted opening 2:9 into the helical passageway Ela, the magazine trigger lever 43 being held in his position by theweight of the metal portion the teeing lever 24 acting upon theinterparts Bl, ll, and it. It will be noted that jointed lever 38 atthis time, assumes the sition shown in Figure 5, pulling the free end orthe feed trigger lever ift down through the opening When downwardpressure is applied to the rubi will be noted that the feed trigtheopening ii) into the helical passageway M05, while the free end of the l-agazine lever 33 is pulled down the opening dd. This allows the golfballs in the helical passageway l la to roll down against the protrudingportion of the feed trigger When the pressure of the golf club or othermeans is relieved from the tee end of teeing lever 2d, the tee end ofsaid lever 25 is pulled upward by its opposite weighted metal end,causing the parts to again assume the posishown in Figure 5, permittingthe golf ball the feed trigger lever to roll out of the 50 helicalpassageway Ma onto the curved portion f the delivery trough Hi. It willbe noted that magazine trigger lever 33 now protruding 'ough the openingdd, prevents the passage of ernaining golf calls, retaining them in thegeway ltd. f the released golf ball upon the k n of the delivery troughis overbalances the counterweight ill, causing the delive to swingdownward upon its ng to the position shown in Figure 2, with ar openingsuspended directly e tee 25.3, the golf ball at the same time downdelivery trough i5 into the guide and coming to rest upon the teerelieves the weight of said golf ball e delivery trough 55, causing thecounter- ?ii to pull delivery trough it to its position as shown inFigure l. The

. turn pushes the vertical rod as upwc causing the parts Bl, iii), iii,5!, 22 and 7 to assume the position shown in Figure 6,

thereby permitting the golf balls in th helical passageway Ma to rolldownward against the feed trigger lever it, which now protrudes throughthe opening 2-9.

The device is now ready for the first With a golf ball resting upon thetee 25. The player assumes his stance opposite the tee and drives thegolf ball therefrom. From this point, the operation of the device isentirely automatic. The weight of the golf ball having een removed fromthe tee 25 causes the opposite weighted end of the lever 24 to movedownward to the position shown in Figure l, returning the parts 37, 38,39, 49, 4!, t2 and 43 again to assume the position shown in Figure 5,releasing another golf ball from the helical passageway its to thedelivery trough 55, which in turn deposits the golf ball upon the tee 25and returns to its normal position. It will be seen that the devi e willcontinue to function as often as the golf balls are driven from the tee25, until the supply of golf balls the magazine has when the device willcome to rest in the position shown in Figure 1.

Should the player half his stroke, striking the tee 25, the rubberportion of the teeing lever 26 will not vibrate an excessive length oftime, such movement being checked quickly by the rubber segment 2'5moulded inside of the pliable rubber portion 26, and by the thin rubberrim of the outer end of the tee 25.

Now it will be seen how perfectly device carries out my method:

The weight of the golf ball C upon the end of the tee holds the parts inthe posit n shown in Figure 6, the feed trigger lever lli preven ing thenext ball 13 from coming from the in When the ball C is struck from thetee, the removal of its weight permits the heavier inner end of the teeto start to move the parts toward the position shown in Figure 5.As'soon as in this movement the segment 37a, by contact with theadjacent end of the lever 33 breaks the err-- center position of thelever and its jointed extension the weight of the ball B upon the leverfill] completes the breaking of the on-ccnter position as shown inFigure 5, permitting the ball B to drop to the troughgwhere again itsweight is employed, this time to pivot the trough about its bearing soit will swing down and deliver the ball B to the tee. When the ball I?rests upon the tee its weight is again employed, this time to restorethe parts to the position shown in Figure 6.

But meantime, when weight of hall B was depressing the feed lever thecontact of the segment Qlc the lever ii acts to put the lever ii and itsextension ill the on center position shown in Figure 5, with the curvedend of the magazine feed trl .iger acting to estrain the ball A frompassing out of the magazine. It will be seen therefore, that thepressureof the golf balls in the magazine is not sustained the lever 3'5 and thetee and its connectibut is sustained by the on-center posi on of helever H and its jointed extension 42.

When the weight of the ball l3 rests upon the tee, moving the lever 37to the position iown in Figure 6, the segment 3'ic by contact wiadjacent end of the lever ll break he 0; ter position of the lever iiiits jointed r sion 32, and the weight of the ball A depresses the leverand moves it and the lever ii its extension to th final shown in Figure6. This permits the ball A to roll forward. But as the ball B restedupon the tee and moved the lever 31 to the position shown in Figure 6,its segment 31a by contact with the lever 38, moved it and its extension39 to the on-center position shown in Figure 6, with the curved end ofthe lever 40 up in place to stop further movement of the ball A. Thus inthe operation of my method the weight of the ball moving from themagazine is first employed to depress the magazine trigger lever 43,after its supporting on-center joint has been broken; its weight is nextemployed to depress the lever 28 after its supporting on-center jointhas been broken; its weight is next employed to cause the trough topivot about its bearing and swing down to the delivery position; and itsweight is finally employed upon the tee to move the lever 31 from theFigure 5 position to the Figure 6 position, permitting the next ball toprogress from the lever 43 to the lever 48', that is, from the magazinetrigger lever to the feed trigger lever. That is, the weight of eachball is employed at four separated points in its delivery to operate thedevice, whereby an automatic action is obtained.

It will be noted that only one manual operation is required to set thedevice in operation, namely, applying temporary pressure to the tee endof the lever 24. It will be further noted that each golf ball beforebeing released from the helical passageway Ma, must successively come torest first against the magazine trigger 43, and secondly against thefeed trigger 49, which I term a two-stage operation. Also once thedevice has been set in operation, it continues to function automaticallyby gravitational forces exerted upon the golf balls and the weightedlevers of the device.

Thus it will be seen that my device acts to fully carry out my method.It will also now be more clearly seen that my method employs the weightof the golf balls to control their own delivery automatically byemploying this weight at a series of points.

That is, the weight of the ball A upon the magazine trigger 43 breaksthe center 42a; and the weight of the ball B upon the feed trigger lilbreaks the center 35a, the moment the weight of the ball C is removedfrom the tee 25, thus permitting the next ball in the magazine tocontact the magazine trigger 43, as the ball A moves forward andcontacts the feed trigger ill. The ball B released by the feed trigger46 moves forward, and by its weight causes the delivery trough 5 toassume the delivery position.

Thus the weight of the balls A, B and C at these various points controlsthe feeding of the device and the resulting release of the first ball Bby the fee-d trigger 48 operates the delivery trough i5 and completesthe delivery of a ball to the tee 25.

I have no intention of limiting my patent protection to the exactprocedure and details of construction and arrangement here shown, for Iam aware that slight alterations may be made in both my method and mydevice without seriously affecting the results.

Therefore, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patentis as follows:

1. In an automatic golf ball feeding and teeing device, a spirallydescending magazine having an outer and an inner vertical cylinder, atee pivotally mounted on the magazine, delivery means mounted on themagazine for successively delivering said golf balls to the tee,comprising a weighted delivery trough suspended at one end by a hingebearing subjacently at right angles to the discharge end of saidmagazine, and curving abruptly upward through a slotted opening in saidouter vertical cylinder, and merging into a straight upwardly extendingportion, and having at its outer end an integral annular delivery guidewith an opening therethrough to permit the downward passage of a golfball, said delivery trough being counter-weighted at its bearing end tohold it normally in said upwardly extending position, whereby the troughwill be caused to swing downward and register the delivery guide withthe tee when overbalanced by the Weight of a golf ball delivered fromsaid magazine to the bearing end of said delivery trough, and meansoperably connected to the inner end of said tee, and operated by eachvertical reciprocation thereof, whereby one ball at a time is fed fromthe magazine to the tee, upon each vertical reciprocation of the tee,said reciprocation being caused by golf ball weight successively appliedto and removed from the tee.

2. In a device of the class described, a magazine adapted to containgolf balls in such manher that they may be successively released one ata time, a tee associated therewith, means mounting the tee forsubstantially vertical reciprocation, means for releasing said golfballs from said magazine one at a time, comprising two trigger levers inseries, each pivotally mounted at one end adjacent the outlet end ofsaid magazine, there being an opening in said magazine through which thefree ends of said trigger levers may protrude, and means comprising acombination of levers for actuating said trigger levers so that when onetrigger lever protrudes through said opening into the magazine, theother trigger lever is pulled beneath the magazine, means consisting ofa common control lever, for actuating said trigger levers so that theyalternately protrude through the said opening in said magazine, meansmounting said tee and connecting said common control lever to said tee,said tee being so balanced that the vertical reciprocation of said teedue to the weight of golf balls successively deposited thereon anddriven therefrom automatically actuates the control lever and thetrigger levers to release a golf ball from the magazine each time a ballis driven from said tee, and golf ball operated means for conveying saidballs from said magazine outlet to said tee, consisting of a deliverytrough suspended upon a bearing and counter- Weighted to normally holdsaid delivery trough in an upward position, and adapted to swingdownward when overbalanced by the weight of a golf ball, and depositesaid golf ball upon said tee, said delivery trough being returned thento its upward position by its counter-weight, substantially asdescribed.

3. In an automatic golf ball feeding and teeing device, in combination,a magazine for golf balls comprising a descending spiral encased betweenan inner vertical cylinder and an outer vertical cylinder to form ahelical passage, a series of releasing levers operatively connected torelease golf balls successively, one at a time from said helicalpassage, a delivery trough suspended at one end subjacently at rightangles upon a hinged bearing beneath said helical passage, and curvingabruptly upward through an opening in said outer vertical cylinder, andmerging into a strai ht portion, thence merging into an annular guidehaving an outlet opening to permit golf balls to pass therethrough, saiddelivery trough having a counter weight at its bearing end to hold itnormally in said position, whereby it will be overbalanced and swungdownward under the weight of a golf ball, a teeing lever fulorumed upona bearing bracketed to said outer vertical cylinden'having a teesubstantially disposed beneath the annular guide opening of saiddelivery trough in its downward position, said tee protruding at itsopposite end through an opening in said outer vertical cylinder, andweighted to normally hold said tee in an upraised position, andoperatively connected by levers to the releasing levers of saidmagazine, and caused to be depressed when a golf ball is deposited uponsaid tee, so that the opposite end of said teeing lever alternatelyraises and depresses as golf balls are alternately driven from anddeposited upon said tee, thereby actuating said series of releasinglevers, substantially as described.

a. In an automatic golf ball feeding and teeing device, a teeing leverhaving a tee at one end, and weighted at the opposite end, and fulcrumedupon a bearing intermediate its ends, the tee end of said levercomprising a rubber arm, having a vertical apertured end, said rubberarm being constructed principally of pliable rubber, but having asegment of stiff rubber moulded inside of the fulcrum end of said arm,the weighted end 1 of said lever being pivotally attached to a means forfeeding golf balls one at a time from a magazine, the weight of a golfball upon said tee'being sufficient to over-balance the weighted end ofsaid teeing lever, thereby actuating said teeing lever upon its bearing,substantially as described.

5. In an automatic golf ball feeding and teeing device, a magazineadapted to contain golf balls in such manner that they may besuccessively released one at a time, a counter-weighted verticallymovable tee having at least two positions, including a normal and analternate loaded position, releasing means for successively releasingsaid golf balls from said magazine one at a time, progressivelycooperating delivery means for delivering said golf balls by gravity oneat a time from said magazine to said tee in its normal position, andmeans including the said tee, for mechanically actuating said releasemeans for successively releasing one ball at a time from said magazine,and adapted to be operated automatically by the delivery to and removalfrom the tee of each golf ball successively, the counter-weight of thetee acting to raise it each time a golf ball is removed therefrom.

6. In a device of the class described, having a magazine for golf balls,a tee having a raised normal position and a lower loaded position, adelivery trough for delivering golf balls by gravity to said tee wherebyto move it to its loaded position, and a fulcrurned lever attached atone end to said tee and weighted at the opposite end to hold said tee inthe raised normal position when no golf ball is upon it, meanscomprising a series of levers for releasing golf balls successively oneat a time from said magazine, and means operatively connecting saidseries of levers to the weighted end of said fulcrumed tee lever wherebysaid levers are actuated by the vertical reciprocation of said teecaused by a golf balls delivery to and removal from said tee.

7 In an automatic golf ball feeding and teeing device, the combinationof a helical passage in a magazine to contain golf balls, a tee having araised normal position and a lower loaded position and counter-weightedto remain in the raised normal position when no golf ball is in placethereon, and a delivery trough to convey said golf balls by gravity tosaid tee whereby to move it to its loaded position, with a two-stagelever release mechanism comprising a series of levers connected to thetee and actuated by a golf balls delivery to and removal from said teeand said tees resulting vertical reciprocation acting to release golfballs successively one at a time from said helical passage to saiddelivery trough substantially as described.

- 8. In an automatic golf ball feeding and teeing device, a magazineprovided with a descending golf-bal1-receiving passage having an upperend and having a delivery end, a tee movably mounted on the magazine forvertical reciprocation, delivery means movably mounted adjacent thedelivery end of said passage and comprising a golf-ball-receiving troughweighted to normally assume a normal upper position, and so constructedand arranged as to be overbalanced by the weight of a golf ball releasedfrom the magazine and thereby brought to a delivery position where saidgolf ball may pass downward from said trough to said tee, and meansoperably connected to said tee, and operated by each verticalreciprocation thereof and co-operating with said delivery means wherebyone golf ball at a time is fed from the magazine to the tee upon eachvertical reciprocation of the tee, said reciprocation when the device isoperating being caused by the weight of a golf ball successively appliedto and removed from the tee.

9. In a device of the class described, a magazine adapted to containgolf balls in such a manner that they may be successively released oneat a time, a tee associated therewith, means mounting the tee forsubstantially vertical reciprocation, a movably mounted trough weightedto normally assume a normal upper position and so constructed andarranged as to be overbalanced by the weight of a golf ball releasedfrom the magazine and thereby brought to a lower delivery position wheresaid golf ball may pass downward from said trough to said tee, and meansoperably connected to said tee, and operated by each verticalreciprocation thereof, whereby one golf ball at a time is released fromthe magazine to said trough upon each vertical reciprocation of the tee,said reciprocation when the device is operating being caused by theweight of a golf ball alternately applied to and removed from the tee.

10. In an automatic golf ball feeding and teeing device, in combination,a magazine for golf balls having a descending golf-ball-receivingpassage, a tee associated therewith, and weighted to have a normal upperand unloaded position and having a lower loaded position, a series of atleast two releasing means connected to release golf balls successively,one at a time from said passage, a movably mounted delivery troughcounterweighted to normally assume a normal upper position andconstructed and arranged to receive each golf ball as it is releasedfrom said passage and to be thereby overbalanced and moved to a deliveryposition to deliver said golf ball downwardly to said tee, and meansconnecting said tee to said releasing means and operating said releasingmeans at each vertical reciprocation of said tee from its normal to itsloaded position and back to its normal position.

11. In an automatic golf ball feeding and teeing device, a teeing leverhaving a tee at one end and weighted at the opposite end, the weightedend of said lever being connected to a means for feeding golf balls oneat a time from a magazine, the weight of a golf ball upon said tee beingsufficient to overbalance the weighted end of the teeing lever, and theweighted end of the teeing 1 lever being heavy enough to raise the teeend of said lever upon the removal of the said golf ball therefrom,whereby the application of a golf ball to and its removal from said teewill result in substantially vertical reciprocation of said teesubstantially as described.

12. In an automatic golf ball feeding and teeing device, in which golfballs are automatically released one by one from a magazine anddeposited upon a tee by the vertical reciprocation of said tee caused bythe application of the weight of a golf ball to and its removal fromsaid tee, delivery means comprising a movable counterweighted troughhaving curved and straight portions and weighted to maintain a straightportion normally substantially vertical and provided with a ball stopand delivery guide and constructed and arranged to receive each golfball as it is released from the magazine and to be thereby overbalancedand moved to a delivery position by the weight of the golf ball alonewhereby to guide the golf ball to move downwardly to said tee.

13. In an automatic golf ball feeding and teeing device, in which golfballs are automatically released one by one from a passage of a magazineand deposited upon a tee by the vertical reciprocation of said teecaused when the device is operating by the application of the weight ofa golf ball to and its removal from said tee, a series of at least twogolf ball stop levers having stop and release positions and spaced alongsaid passage a distance substantially equal to the diameter of said golfball and constructed and arranged for adjacent stops to move in reversedirections from position to position whereby one stop will be in thestop position and adjacent stops will be in the release position, andmeans connecting said levers to said tee constructed and.

arranged to move said stops from one position to the other position uponeach stroke of the reciprocation of said tee.

14. In an apparatus of the character described, a hopper for receiving asupply of golf balls, a tee for supporting a ball in position to bedriven, means for guiding and delivering the balls successively to aposition upon said tee, said means comprising a pivotally supportedrunway including a ball guiding cup communicating with the runway, saidrunway being so pivoted and balanced as to be movable by the weight of aball rolling thereon to dispose the ball guiding cup to locate a ballupon said tee.

15. A golf teeing device comprising a reservoir above the ground leveland having outlet means arranged to release golf balls, and a runwaymovably associated with the reservoir to carry the released balls to theground level, said runway being so movably connected and balanced as tobe movable by the weight of a ball rolling thereon for depositing theball to the ground level by gravity alone.

16. An apparatus of the class described comprising a supportingstructure, a tee upon which a ball is adapted to be positioned fordriving, a hopper supported by the said structure and having an outlet,a counterbalanced runway in communication with the hopper outlet andincluding two portions disposed substantially at rightangles withrespect to each other and pivotally supported by the said structure andadapted for pivotal movement by the weight of a ball rolling thereon andincluding a ball receiving cup movable with the runway to a position tolocate said ball on said tee, and means for controlling movement ofballs from the hopper to the runway including two members pivotallysupported in spaced relation and operatively connected for alternatemovement into ball obstructing position in said outlet thereby torelease one ball at a time from said hopper.

WILLIAM PAUL PAGE'I'I.

